18.9. Jussi Suortti (University of Helsinki) 2.10. Turku PhD Researchers’ Day: short presentations from PhD researchers at UTU 16.10. Tapio Korte (University of Turku) 13.11. TBA 27.11. Erika Ruonakoski (University of Helsinki) xx.12. TBA The Philosopher’s Club meets at Publicum, SH150, at 13:15–14:45 unless otherwise noted.
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Spring 2026 programme
9.1. Tiina Rosenqvist (Dartmouth): Engineering the concept of pain for clinical practice 23.1. Emma Cepeda Mouriño (Santiago de Compostela): Rethinking Dehumanization: A Feminist Analysis of Structural Injustice and the Limits of Moral Community 6.2. Joonas Martikainen (UTU): Political Faith as an Enabling Condition of Political Agency 6.3. Kalle Hellgren: (UTU): What is semantic reference? 20.3. Olle Blomberg (HCAS / Gothenburg): Quality of Will, Repair …
Autumn 2025 programme
10.10. Oskari Sivula (Turku): Existential eucatastrophes 24.10. Markku Oksanen (University of Eastern Finland): Demokraattinen omatunto NB! in Finnish 27.10. 14:15–15:45 Kristin Primus (UC Berkeley): Spinoza on the Intellect’s Idea of an Attribute NB! different weekday & time! 14.11. Inkeri Koskinen (Helsinki): Peer Review in Artistic Research: a Case Study 21.11. Kalle Puolakka (Helsinki): Literature from …
Spring 2025 programme:
31.1. Tuukka Brunila (Turku): Temporality of emergencies 14.2. Sanna Lehtinen (Aalto): From the Cityscape to the Streetscape: Philosophical Urban Aesthetics on Experiencing the City 7.3. Matti Eskelinen (Turku): Ethico-Political Underpinnings of Anarchist Federalism: Non-Domination and Mutual Recognition 14.3. Elisa Aaltola (Turku): Onko misantropia oikeutettua? Suru ja viha luonto- ja eläinkriisien aikakaudella 4.4. Gottfried Vosgerau (Heinrich …
Autumn 2024 programme:
4.10. Veikko Launis (Turku): The Many Faces of Vulnerability11.10. (12:15) Kaisa Mishina (Turku): Päihteitä käyttävien henkilöiden kohtaama syrjintä yhteiskunnassa11.10. (13:05) Jani Sinokki (Turku): Onko meillä lupa uskoa pahaa tai epätotuuksia muista?1.11. Heidi Haanila (Turku): Dynamics of self-consciousness examined in depersonalization and meditation15.11. Samuli Isotalo (Turku): Spinoza on Existence29.11. Laura Puumala (Turku): Supererogatory Action
Spring 2024 programme:
15.3. Joona Räsänen (TIES): “That Will Teach You!” Is Punishing One’s Spouse Ever Justified?22.3. Nicole Hassoun (HCAS/Binghampton): Legitimacy and Technocracy12.4. Valtteri Arstila (Turku): Practically cognized present19.4. Pii Telakivi (Turku): Risks of Extending Mind with AI26.4. Eerik Lagerspetz (Turku): Filosofia pilan kohteena
Autumn 2023 programme:
8.9. Mikko Puumala (Turku): Ulkoavaruuden asuttamisen haasteet moraalijärjestelmille22.9. Robert Frodeman (TIAS/Fulbright): The Future of Philosophy, The Future of the University29.9. Hille Paakkunainen (Syracuse): The Empathetic Stance6.10. Jani Sinokki (Oulu): Edward Westermarck on the Relation Between Moral Emotions and Moral Concepts3.11. Helena Siipi (Turku): Danger of Slippery Slopes in Nudge Research1.12. Alex Carruth (Helsinki): Between Emergence …
Spring 2023 programme:
3.3. Joseph Almog (Turku), Gabriel Sandu (Helsinki) & Vesa Halava (Turku): Zoology, Logic, Reality17.3. Jani Hakkarainen (Tampere): Wolff on Free Will31.3. Polaris Koi (Turku): Options, Options: the Nature of Decision Set Constituents14.4. Ville Kokko (Turku): The Consequence Argument and the Randomness Argument5.5. Katariina Lipsanen (Jyväskylä): Duns Scotus and the Immediateness of Intellectual Intuition26.5. Sanna Mattila …
Autumn 2022 programme:
14.10. Adrian Blau (Helsinki/London): On thought experiments21.10. Michael Cholbi (Edinburgh): Grief, empathy, and psychopathy4.11. Eero Suorsa (Turku): Melancholic Bodies: Cosmetic Surgeries as Melancholic Events9.12. Jenna Aarnio (Turku): Wild animal suffering and assistance [ONLINE]
Spring 2022 programme:
4.3. Laura Puumala (Turku): Just and Unjust Environmental Wars8.4. Markus Nikkarla (Turku): Intentionality as a Mode of Existence29.4. Kinga Ciereszko (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań): On Habermas’ Practical Discourse and Animal Rights6.5. Oskari Sivula (Turku): Is Future a Utility Monster?20.5. [CANCELLED]